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Donald Trump is actually a fascist
Donald Trump is a fascist.
When you call somebody a fascist, you can mean any number of things. Often, it means no more than "somebody I don't like." It is an all-purpose epithet, usable by anyone against everyone from university deans to Fox News anchors. For that reason, the label should be used sparingly — saved for special occasions. As with "Nazi" or "Hitler," it is often said that in any discussion, the first person reduced to using such a word has lost the argument. It's ridiculous to compare any living person to Hitler or Mussolini.
But I mean "fascist" in the more clinical sense. For close to a year, and especially since his election as president, people have been trying to figure out Trump's political principles: What does he stand for, how will he act as president? Various theories have been advanced. Some think he won the election by pandering simultaneously to different groups with conflicting agendas, and convincing all of them he was on their side. Was this a calculated exploitation of America's "gimme gimme gimme" politics? Or was it the politics of a man who had no politics, who wanted to be president because, in our celebrity culture, it was the only job more glamorous than starring in his own reality television show? It has even been suggested, in the sole subject of conversation in Washington for the past month, that Trump might allow himself to be sworn in as president and then resign, having accomplished all he aspired to.
But now that we've seen a bit of him in action, it seems that Trump actually does have a recognizable agenda that explains how he simultaneously can pander to big business generally while "strong-arming" (the words of a Post editorial Friday) an air conditioning manufacturer to save a few hundred jobs for a while. Or how he can make nice with the authoritarian Vladimir Putin while making bellicose foreign policy noises in general. Or how he can blithely upset with a phone call the absurdly delicate balance of our relations with China and Taiwan. All this seemingly erratic behavior can be explained — if not justified — by thinking of Trump as a fascist. Not in the sense of an all-purpose bad guy, but in the sense of somebody who sincerely believes that the toxic combination of strong government and strong corporations should run the nation and the world. He spent his previous career negotiating with the government on behalf of corporations; now he has switched teams. But it's the same game.
The game has several names: "Corporate statism" is one. In Europe, they call it "dirigisme." Those two other words for it — "Nazism" and "fascism" — are now beyond all respectability. It means, roughly, combining the power of the state with the power of corporations. At its mildest, it is intrusive regulations on business about parental leave and such. At its most toxic, it is concentration camps. In the 1930s, a few Americans (including a few liberals) bought into it. Pearl Harbor ended that argument. Even for Trump, "fascism" itself now is a dirty word, not just a policy choice. Even Trump would not use it — least of all about himself.
But the deal Trump negotiated with Carrier and its parent company, United Technologies, to "save" hundreds of jobs is a prime example of the philosophy. Trump brags about "saving" Midwestern blue-collar jobs through a combination of bribery and arm-twisting. Turns out hundreds more jobs will be lost, and Trump as president can't possibly negotiate on behalf of millions of workers.
But Trump believes — truly believes, I think — in the title of one of his books: the art of the deal. He thinks he is the world's greatest negotiator. When he says he won't reveal his income taxes because he is in the midst of negotiations with the IRS, he may be sincere. He says, believably, that he gets audited every year. That means every year's tax bill is just the government's opening move in an annual chess game, and Trump doesn't want to give away his own opening move. Now he plans to negotiate more "deals" and he thinks — because he can outfox some midlevel IRS auditors — that he can outfox the political and business leaders of the world. "The Art of the Deal" is not "Mein Kampf," although "not 'Mein Kampf'" isn't much of an endorsement.
Just to be clear: If I'm correct that Trump actually has a governing philosophy, that's a bad thing, not a good thing. If he actually has principles to guide him through those famous swamps he plans to drain, that's alarming, not reassuring. Bad principles are not a good substitute for no principles. Four or eight years of bad principles may make no principles look pretty good.
Source: Michael Kinsley, washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trump-is-actually-a-fascist/2016/12/09/e193a2b6-bd77-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html


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Airbus a350, Airbus sent a new wide-body plane into the skies Friday that sets the stage for intensifying competition with U.S. rival Boeing - with consequences for jobs, airlines' investments and the reputations of the powerful plane makers.
After years of delays and a revamp that cost billions, the A350 cruised for four hours in partly cloudy skies above Toulouse in southern France.
Most importantly, it then landed safely.
It met ear-to-ear smiles - and some sighs of relief - among the Airbus engineers and executives who helped the plane reach its maiden journey.
The flight marks a key step on the path to full certification for the jet, which can carry between 250 and 400 passengers and is the European aircraft-maker's best hope for catching up in a long-haul market dominated by Boeing's 777 and the 787, known as the Dreamliner.
"At the end of the day you need to make it real, and this is the time for making it real. So I am very proud already," Didier Evrard, head of the A350 program, said while watching the flight.
"But I will be still nervous until it comes back."
Airspace over Toulouse, where Airbus has its headquarters, closed for both take-off and landing. With distinctive, upturned wing tips, the plane had a great big "A350" painted across its belly, heightening anticipation that it will fly at the Paris Air Show next week.
The plane's undercarriage remained down for the first part of the flight, so that they could run through a series of checks and ensure it was ready for the full flight.
Airbus has 613 orders for the A350, and hopes Friday's flight will bring it momentum heading into next week's Paris Air Show, which is already shaping up as a battle of the wide-body planes.
"There is a lot of money at stake, a lot of employment at stake. This is an extremely important political, social and economic issue," said Gerald Feldzer, a French aviation expert and former airline pilot.
Airbus' potential customers, the world's airlines, have all been squeezed by high aviation fuel costs and a fall in passengers because of the struggling world economy. Carriers are therefore looking for ways to run their fleets more cost-effectively.
More than half of the twin-engine A350 consists of lightweight carbon-fiber designed to save on jet fuel, which makes up half the cost of long-haul flights.
Airbus claims the A350 is 25 percent more fuel-efficient than comparable planes.
The A350, which was delayed for two years as Airbus hashed out a new design, is a competitor to the 787 - minus the lithium ion batteries now under investigation for unexplained smoldering. Airbus abandoned its plans to use the lithium ion batteries despite their advantages in weight, power and re-charging speed.
"The A350 has the same innovations more or less as the Dreamliner, the 787," said Feldzer. "The same amount or proportion of carbon for the lightness of the material, just as many electrical devices."
Boeing's list prices for its 787 line range from $206 million to $243 million. Airbus lists prices ranging from $254 million to $332 million, and had 613 orders as of May, compared with 890 orders for the 787. Steep discounts are common on large orders, although the details are rarely made public.
The initial A350 program was scrapped and redesigned after customers criticized it. Development of the plane was held up by management disputes and financial troubles at Airbus early on.
But Boeing faced its own delays and problems with the 787, and analysts say Airbus is now trying to position itself as the airplane manufacturer that can get the job done.
"Boeing has the broader product line but they are still struggling under the shadows of the 787 nightmare and they seem unenthusiastic about launching new products," said Richard Aboulafia, an analyst with the Teal Group. "Airbus has its chance to show themselves as the opposite of that."
It was nearly two years after Boeing's first flight of the 787 until the first passengers stepped onboard the jet. Aboulafia expects a similar timeframe for the A350.
However, he notes about Airbus: "So far they have surprised, positively."
Airbus hopes the timeframe is shorter. It's aiming to deliver the first A350 to Qatar Airways in the second half of next year.
The Toulouse-based company said the plane that flew on Friday will get a detailed inspection that will take two or three days before the plane flies for a second time. After that, it expects flight testing to take a little more than a year, Airbus President and CEO Fabrice Bregier said in a video released by the company. About 2,500 hours of flight testing are planned.
Eric Bernardini, a consultant at AlixPartners who follows the aerospace industry, said, Airbus designers "have matured a lot in their development process." Bernardini said the Airbus CEO "was always insisting on simplicity and not overcomplicating the design and having a monster that is difficult to manufacture."
The A350 will compete against larger versions of Boeing's new 787, but is also aimed at Boeing's 777-300ER, which has been a runaway hit with airlines. The original 777 design is aging - it first flew in 1994. Airbus said that eight out of 10 customers for the 777-300 ER have ordered A350s. U.S. customers for the A350 include United Continental Holdings Inc. and Hawaiian Airlines.
The biggest A350 will carry roughly 350 passengers, slightly fewer than a 777-300ER. Planes like that are generally used on long-haul international flights. Those planes have turned out to be popular with airlines who want large aircraft - but not superjumbos like the Airbus A380 or Boeing's new 747-8i. Sales of those two giants have been disappointing.
Boeing is considering whether to build a new version of its 777, now called the 777X, which would boost fuel efficiency with new carbon-fiber wings and new engines. Boeing is widely expected to announce a final decision about building the 777 at next week's Paris Air Show.
A year ago, at the Paris Air Show's sister event in Britain, Boeing beat Airbus for the number of orders announced. The two companies vie closely each year for the title of world's biggest plane maker, and the race is as tight as ever.
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Motorola unveils would-be Blackberry beater
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Motorola yesterday announced the Q, a smart phone it hopes will do for RIM's Blackberry and Palm's Treo devices.
Well, not until Q1 2006 at the very earliest, which is when the company plans to ship the product, network support permitting.
Motorola claims the Q is the "thinnest, lightest" handset with an integrated QWERTY keypad. It measures 11.5 x 6.3 x 1.1cm apparently, which is certainly thinner than the 2cm-thick Treo 650 and the 1.8cm-thick Blackberry 7780, though the Palm device's face is smaller. Unlike the Treo, the Q has no antenna stub.
The Q's display is a 2.4in, 320 x 240, 65,536-colour job, and the handset also incorporates a 1.3 megapixel digicam with a flash. There's a Mini SD slot for memory expansion, and Bluetooth for wireless connectivity. There's a USB port for wired connectivity. The keypad is backlit, and Motorola has built in speakerphone capability.
The device will run Windows Mobile 5.0, and supports voice-activated dialling.
Separately, Motorola CEO Ed Zander, speaking at yesterday's Motonow conference, said the company's iTunes handset would be formally unveiled within the next two months or so and would ship later this quarter. Recent reports suggested the handset may debut at the Virgin V Festival, a UK music event taking place next month.
Motonow also played host to a preview of Motorola's ROKR music-oriented 3G handset, which may or may not be the foundation for the iTunes phone, though the version Motorola talked about yesterday was not iTunes-compatible. The company also showed off the PEBL and SLVR handsets, the latter a candybar-configuration version of its RAZR V3 handset. ®
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NIST Hosts Second Cloud Computing Workshop, Urges Greater Government Use of Cloud Computing
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) kicked off the second Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop today at its headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md., providing a report on the agency's efforts to collaboratively develop a Cloud Computing Roadmap among multiple federal and industrial stakeholders.
NIST Director Patrick Gallagher and U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra opened the two-day workshop and told hundreds of industry and government attendees that they wanted the information technology community's help in developing a "roadmap for action" to increase government use of the cloud. Both stressed the need for open discussion and participation among all stakeholders in developing policies to address challenges like security requirements for cloud services. Cloud computing is not just a fad, Kundra said, but represents a fundamental shift in how chief information officers can provide cost-effective information technology services for their organizations.
NIST held the first Cloud Computing Workshop in May to initiate engagement with industry to accelerate the development of cloud standards for interoperability, portability and security; introduce NIST Cloud Computing efforts; and discuss the federal government's experience with cloud computing.
The Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop II continues through Friday. For more information, visit http://www.nist.gov/itl/cloud/cloudworkshopii.cfm.


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Various kinds of Promenade Dresses – Which Is perfect for You?
You might feel puzzled when searching for any promenade dress that meets your personality and fits other needs. You will get promenade dresses in an array of designs, lengths, necklines and sleeves. You're most probably to obtain overwhelmed while attempting to convey your opinions towards the sales rep at the shop, or perhaps when searching on the internet for any dress matching your look. This is a description of terminology employed for describing the different type of style and fashions that you will find useful in deciding the promenade dress you might have in your mind:
A-Line promenade dress and ballroom gowns
A B line promenade dress, also referred to as a princess dress, flares to the hemline, narrowing lower near to the waist, developing a b shape and fits the human body. A ballroom gown is made to possess a large skirt, billowing out of your waist and increasing up until the ankles or even the mid calf. Training regimen a fitted waist having a top, or even the top might be within the corset type.
High-low promenade dresses produced from chiffon and lace-covered dress
High-low dresses meander lower towards the hemline, meaning they are lengthy at certain points and short at others. When you wish to put on an outfit that completely reveals your figure, you might consider putting on a sheath promenade outfit that clings for your body. A lace covered dress normally has satin or perhaps a similar material bottom the lace, developing top of the layer. Chiffon dresses have the look of the elegant night gowns sported through the Roman or Greek women. This lengthy dress flows lower the sides towards the ankles and appears excellent on nearly any figure.
One-Shoulder, Baby Toy and Sleeveless Gowns
Because the name signifies, one shoulder dress includes only one strap and yet another one remains without sleeve. Generally, they are lengthy and elegant gowns. There is also totally strapless promenade dresses or gowns for formal occasions. You might or might not put on a wrap or jacket by using it. Usually, an infant toy dress is extremely short and appears cute. It features a high waistline in the centre, gelling the very best and flowing at its base. The infant toy dress typically has a belt or perhaps a ribbon tied around the stomach allow it the preferred look.
Halter, Golden Glamour, and Modest Promenade Dresses
The design of the halter promenade dress are similar to a halter top around its sleeves and also the rest running toward the knees. Usually, its length is simply lacking the knees, passing on the design of the high-low dress round the hemline. The golden glamour outfit is usually gleaming gold that appears like attire within the "Hollywood" design. A modest promenade dress looks beautiful and modest in the simple design, which provides coverage for all, yet adds a little sophistication and classiness towards the wearer.
Types of Sleeves
Cup sleeves are sufficiently small to pay for only the shoulder and also the upper arm. The style of Juliet sleeves means they are puffy around the shoulder and taper lower towards the wrist. Many may begin underneath the shoulders to own looks of 'hang off' shoulders. Thin straps without sleeves are known as spaghetti straps.


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Graham Crozier appointed Chief Executive of Coface in Australia and New Zealand
Graham Crozier is appointed Chief Executive of Coface Branch in Australia, effective from 1st February 2016. He will oversee the business development and the operations of Coface's trade credit insurance and services activities in Oceania.
Graham will replace Paul McGahen who has decided to take his retirement after four years of positive contribution and leadership of the Coface team in Australia.
Graham is a very experienced insurance professional with more than 30 years in the trade credit insurance industry. He began his career in the UK in 1985, since then he has held a variety senior management positions in local and international broking and underwriting businesses in both London market and, since 1989, in Australia (Melbourne and Sydney).
Before joining Coface, he was General Manager, New South Wales of National Credit Insurance (Brokers) Pty Ltd. Prior to that, he was Partner & Director of IMC Trade Credit Solutions Pty Ltd and also worked as Underwriting Manager, Trade Credit and Financial Risk of Dexta Corporation Ltd (General Managing Agents for Coface in Australia).
Hung Wong, Regional CEO of Asia Pacific at Coface, commented:
"I take this opportunity to thank Paul McGahen for his contributions to Coface in Australia and New Zealand over the past four years and warmly congratulate him on this new chapter in his life.
I look forward to Graham's positive impact to Coface's operations in Oceania thanks to his extensive experience across all aspects of the trade credit insurance market, including business and product development, key relationship management, commercial and risk underwriting and all aspects of technical broking."


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Could new discovery trump Dead Sea Scrolls? Scholars intrigued but cautious.
Experts are responding with a mixture of caution, hope, and skepticism to new claims that a recently discovered trove of 70 ancient sealed books may represent some of the earliest Christian documents.
Written on lead in Hebrew and Aramaic, the secretly coded books – or codices – were hidden for centuries in a remote Jordanian cave until a traveling Bedouin found them some five years ago, according to a statement released last week by British Egyptologist David Elkington. Depictions of crosses on the lead-bound leaves, coupled with metallurgical analysis, suggest to Mr. Elkington that these might be early Christian texts that pre-date even some letters in the New Testament.
Others aren't so sure. All evidence to date suggests Christians didn't use the cross as a symbol until the 4th century, according to Hershel Shanks, editor of Biblical Archaeology Review. The use of codices also dates to a later period, he said, and metal analysis has yielded no precise dating in this case.
"We have no fact about these that would indicate that they are Christian and date from this [mid-first century] period, except for some vague metallurgists who say they 'could,' " Mr. Shanks says. "On the contrary, we have a number of things – the cross, the codex, [and other symbols] that counter this claim."
New Testament scholar Craig Evans also hesitates to assume much about the early codices. They could be very significant, he said, if they really do trace to an early Jewish group that regarded Jesus as Messiah. That's because most of what's known about first-century communities comes either from Paul's scriptural letters to Gentile churches, or from the Dead Sea Scrolls, which convey the traditional Jewish beliefs of first-century Essenes. Early Jewish Christians, as Evans calls those with Messianic beliefs, remain less well understood.
But "that's a big if," says Mr. Evans, a professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. At this point, little is known about the content, purpose, or date of the codices. He says he's hopeful that they'll shed fresh light on Christian origins, but he's not confident they will.
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Dodge / Chrysler / Jeep SCT X4 Performance Programmer (2008 – Current)
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Jeep SCT X4 Performance Programmer
The X4 Power Flash arrives Pre-Loaded with DYNO Proven tune files that INCREASE HORSEPOWER and TORQUE! This product does not support any changes to your vehicle's emission system.
With a HUGE Backlit display, the SCT X4 Power Flash makes it EASY to read the Real Time Vehicle Data, view popular sensor data such as EGT, Air / Fuel Ratio or any other 0-5 Volt source!
Big Power. Small Package
The X4 Power Flash arrives Pre-Loaded with DYNO Proven tune files that INCREASE HORSEPOWER and TORQUE
Custom Tunes. Lots of them.
Stores up to 10 custom tune files created by your local SCT Custom Tuning Dealer.
SCT X4 Features
- Built-In Wifi for easy updates
Built-in Wifi allows you to easily attach to your local area wireless network to download device updates. - Clearing DTCs
Reads & Clears PCM Diagnostic Trouble Codes.
- Data Logging
Need to monitor your vehicle's engine parameters? No need for a separate monitoring device. View & record your vehicle's PCM data on the device or on a PC. - Dual Analog Inputs
Monitor EGT temps, air-fuel ratio and other popular sensor data.
- Easy Restoration Back to Stock
The device backs up your factory PCM program during installation should you ever need to return your vehicle to the stock program. Restoring your vehicle to the stock PCM program is as easy as selecting "Return to Stock" from the device menu.
- Full Color Backlit LCD Display
Full Color LCD display for easy viewing, day or night.
- Increases Horsepower & Torque!
Increases your vehicles Horsepower, Torque, Throttle Response and even Fuel Mileage - Installs Quickly & Easily
Installs quickly & easily via your vehicle's OBDII port.
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Most popular Ford vehicles supported including 2014 models. - Stores 10 Custom Tunes
Stores up to 10 custom tune files created by your local SCT Custom Tuning Dealer.
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Adjust for common performance bolt-ons such as Cold Air Kits, Exhaust Systems & Gears
Axle Ratio
Correct the vehicle speedometer (and fuel efficiency calculations) if you have changed the gear ratio on your vehicle. If no gear ration modifications have been made to the vehicle, then choose the stock setting when the tuner prompts you to choose a gear ratio. This will ensure that no modifications are made to the stock program.
CMCV Delete
Allows you to disable the CMCV (Charge Motion Control Valve) in your vehicles PCM to prevent a Check Engine light and other issues associated with removing the CMCV plates in your vehicle.
Disable DOD
Allows you to disable / enable the Displacement On Demand functions of your vehicles PCM.
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Support for Kooks High Flow Y Pipes
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Lowers the Temperature at which the Fan turns on.
Front Mounted Intercooler
Adjusts for the usage of a front mounted intercooler
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Allows you to adjust for different sized fuel injectors.
Global Spark
Allows addition or removal of timing across all RPM ranges
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Adjusts calibration to compensate for removal of Grill Shutter
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Idle Adjust
Enable and select a value for Engine Idle position. This is a great feature for keeping voltage in the vehicle up while running auxiliary electronics off of the vehicle's power system.
Intake Airbox
Allows an aftermarket intake to be run on the vehicle without a Check Engine Light. For Intake Kits that require tuning, this will provide a selection of available intake kits.
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Used as an exhaust brake to increase engine braking while coasting towing heavier loads. Helps lower brake temperatures.
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Locks the converter in 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Aids in engine braking, increases fuel economy, and can be used for drag racing as well.
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Regulate the highest RPM that an engine can reach before the engine is electronically limited. Increasing the RPM limit is recommended only for racing purposes. Once of the most important ways to protect your engine from damage is to keep the RPMs from going too high.
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Better Beginnings is a healthy pregnancy program where pregnant women can access assistance for a variety of services helping them to have a healthy baby:
Call Better Beginnings at 406-454-6950.
Call 406-454-6953 or 406-452-0881, ext. 304 to make an appointment for a car seat fitting.
No, the health department does not provide prenatal care. Call Better Beginnings and they will help you get connected to the health care system.
No, the health department does not provide insurance but Better Beginnings staff will assess your income to see if you qualify for Medicaid.
Yes, through the Community Health Care Center, we have a full time dentist on site. Call us at 406-791-9267.
Call the health department at 406-454-6950 and ask for a Family Services Public Health Nurse and enroll in Parents as Teachers. The nurse can assess your child and provide information about where your child should be for their age and provide parent/child interaction activities.
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Feb 28, 2011 | |
Imec installs pre-production EUV scanner NXE:3100 |
(Nanowerk News) At today's SPIE advanced lithography conference, Luc Van den hove, President and CEO of imec, announces during his keynote speech that imec has started the installation of ASML's pre-production Extreme UltraViolet Lithography (EUVL) scanner, the NXE:3100, in its Leuven facility. The installation of the NXE:3100, featuring a considerably higher source power and optimized optics, underscores imec's ambition to bring EUVL to production level. | |
With the installation of ASML's NXE:3100, imec's EUVL research program moves to the preproduction stage, shifting the focus from mainly an infrastructure study to include now also a manufacturability study. The NXE:3100 at imec uses a DPP (Discharge Produced Plasma) EUV light source from Extreme Technologies (Ushio). At comparable process conditions the NXE:3100 has recently demonstrated a throughput performance increase of a factor of 20 over the EUV Alpha Demo Tool at imec. This increase is based on increased power, higher transmission and dual stages. | |
Imec's EUVL research program will tackle scanner-specific issues correlated to the difference between EUV lithography and optical lithography through the integration of 14nm logic and 2xnm and 1xnm memory processes. Research will also focus on resists that allow to optimally exploit the resolution of EUV by tackling line-edge roughness and pattern collapse, and on reticle defectivity. | |
"We rejoice at the acquisition of ASML's NXE:3100 in our research facilities as the new tool will enable us to continue to offer our partners the research they need to bring EUVL to production;" said Luc Van den hove, President and CEO at imec. "Our strategic relations with equipment suppliers such as ASML allow us to offer our partners research on the most advanced equipment." | |
"As reflected in some of our 28 papers at the SPIE advanced lithography conference this week, together with our partners we have achieved important progress in EUV resists and reticle defectivity;" added Kurt Ronse, director of the lithography department at imec. | |
ASML's NXE:3100 tool on its way to imec Leuven. | |
About imec | |
Imec performs world-leading research in nanoelectronics. Imec leverages its scientific knowledge with the innovative power of its global partnerships in ICT, healthcare and energy. Imec delivers industry-relevant technology solutions. In a unique high-tech environment, its international top talent is committed to providing the building blocks for a better life in a sustainable society. Imec is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, and has offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, Taiwan, US, China and Japan. Its staff of more than 1,750 people includes over 550 industrial residents and guest researchers. In 2009, imec's revenue was 275 million euro. Further information on imec can be found at www.imec.be. | |
Imec is a registered trademark for the activities of IMEC International (a legal entity set up under Belgian law as a "stichting van openbaar nut"), imec Belgium (IMEC vzw supported by the Flemish Government), imec the Netherlands (Stichting IMEC Nederland, part of Holst Centre which is supported by the Dutch Government), imec Taiwan (IMEC Taiwan Co.) and imec China (IMEC Microelectronics (Shangai) Co. Ltd.). |
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Title: Walt Whitman and His Poems
Creator: Walt Whitman [unsigned in original]
Date: September 1855
Whitman Archive ID: anc.00176
Source: The United States Review 5 (September 1855): 205-12. The original electronic text for this file was prepared for Walt Whitman, The Contemporary Reviews, ed. Kenneth M. Price (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), and the transcription was completed by consulting a representation of the original (e.g., photocopy, microfilm copy). Following publication of that volume, Price received an updated transcription file from Cambridge University Press, and the Whitman Archive has used the final file from the publisher as the basis for the electronic text presented here. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the reviews, see our statement of editorial policy.
Contributors to digital file: Natalie O'Neal, Elizabeth Lorang, Vanessa Steinroetter, Charles Green, Todd Stabley, and Nicole Gray
AN American bard at last! One of the roughs, large, proud, affectionate, eating, drinking, and breeding, his costume manly and free, his face sunburnt and bearded, his postures strong and erect, his voice bringing hope and prophecy to the generous races of young and old. We shall cease shamming and be what we really are. We shall start an athletic and defiant literature. We realize now how it is, and what was most lacking. The interior American republic shall also be declared free and independent.
For all our intellectual people, followed by their books, poems, novels, essays, editorials, lectures, tuitions, and criticism, dress by London and Paris modes, receive what is received there, obey the authorities, settle disputes by the old tests, keep out of rain and sun, retreat to the shelter of houses and schools, trim their hair, shave, touch not the earth barefoot, and enter not the sea except in a complete bathing-dress. One sees unmistakably genteel persons, travelled, college-learned, used to be served by servants, conversing without heat or vulgarity, supported on chairs, or walking through handsomely-carpeted parlors, or along shelves bearing well-bound volumes, and walls adorned with curtained and collared portraits, and china things, and nick-nacks. But where in American literature is the first show of America? Where are the gristle and beards, and broad breasts, and space and ruggedness and nonchalance that the souls of the people love? Where is the tremendous outdoors of these States? Where is the majesty of the federal mother, seated with more than antique grace, calm, just, indulgent to her brood of children, calling them around her, regarding the little and the large and the younger and the older with perfect impartiality? Where is the vehement growth of our cities? Where is the spirit of the strong rich life of the American mechanic, farmer, sailor, hunter, and miner? Where is the huge composite of all other nations, cast in a fresher and brawnier matrix, passing adolescence, and needed this day, live and arrogant, to lead the marches of the world?
Self-reliant, with haughty eyes, assuming to himself all the attributes of his country, steps Walt Whitman into literature, talking like a man unaware that there was ever hitherto such a production as a book, or such a being as a writer. Every move of him has the free play of the muscle of one who never knew what it was to feel that he stood in the presence of a superior. Every word that falls from his mouth shows silent disdain and defiance of the old theories and forms. Every phrase announces new laws; not once do his lips unclose except in conformity with them. With light and rapid touch he first indicates in prose the principles of the foundation of a race of poets so deeply to spring from the American people, and become ingrained through them, that their Presidents shall not be the common referees so much as that great race of poets shall. He proceeds himself to exemplify this new school, and set models for their expression and range of subjects. He makes audacious and native use of his own body and soul. He must re-create poetry with the elements always at hand. He must imbue it with himself as he is, disorderly, fleshy, and sensual, a lover of things, yet a lover of men and women above the whole of the other objects of the universe. His work is to be achieved by unusual methods. Neither classic or romantic is he, nor a materialist any more than a spiritualist. Not a whisper comes out of him of the old stock talk and rhyme of poetry—not the first recognition of gods or goddesses, or Greece or Rome. No breath of Europe, or her monarchies, or priestly conventions, or her notions of gentlemen and ladies founded on the idea of caste, seems ever to have fanned his face or been inhaled into his lungs. But in their stead pour vast and fluid the fresh mentality of this mighty age, and the realities of this mighty continent, and the sciences and inventions and discoveries of the present world. Not geology, nor mathematics, nor chemistry, nor navigation, nor astronomy, nor anatomy, nor physiology, nor engineering, is more true to itself than Walt Whitman is true to them. They and the other sciences underlie his whole superstructure. In the beauty of the work of the poet, he affirms, are the tuft and final applause of science.
Affairs then are this man's poems. He will still inject nature through civilization. The movement of his verses is the sweeping movement of great currents of living people, with a general government, and state and municipal governments, courts, commerce, manufactures, arsenals, steamships, railroads, telegraphs, cities with paved streets, and aqueducts and police and gas—myriads of travellers arriving and departing—newspapers, music, elections and all the features and processes of the nineteenth century in the wholesomest race and the only stable form of politics at present upon the earth. Along his words spread the broad impartialities of the United States. No innovations must be permitted on the stern severities of our liberty and equality. Undecked also is this poet with sentimentalism, or jingle, or nice conceits or flowery similes. He appears in his poems surrounded by women and children, and by young men, and by common objects and qualities. He gives to each just what belongs to it, neither more or less. The person nearest him, that person he ushers hand in hand with himself. Duly take places in his flowing procession, and step to the sounds of the newer and larger music, the essences of American things, and past and present events—the enormous diversity of temperature and agriculture and mines—the tribes of red aborigines—the weather-beaten vessels entering new ports, or making landings on rocky coasts—the first settlements north and south—the rapid stature and impatience of outside control—the sturdy defiance of '76, and the war and peace, and the leadership of Washington, and the formation of the Constitution—the Union always calm and impregnable—the perpetual coming of immigrants—the wharf-hemmed cities and superior marine—the unsurveyed interior—the log-house, and clearings, and wild animals, and hunters, and trappers—the fisheries, and whaling, and gold-digging—the endless gestation of new states—the convening of Congress every December, the members coming up from all climates, and from the uttermost parts—the noble character of the free American workman and workwoman—the fierceness of the people when well-roused—the ardor of their friendships—the large amativeness—the Yankee swap—the New York fireman, and the target excursion—the southern plantation life—the character of the north-east, and of the north-west, and south-west—and the character of America and the American people everywhere. For these the old usages of poets afford Walt Whitman no means sufficiently fit and free, and he rejects the old usages. The style of the bard that is waited for is to be transcendant and new. It is to be indirect and not direct or descriptive or epic. Its quality is to go through these to much more. Let the age and wars (he says) of other nations be chanted, and their eras and characters be illustrated, and that finish the verse. Not so (he continues) the great psalm of the republic. Here the theme is creative and has vista. Here comes one among the well-beloved stonecutters, and announces himself, and plans with decision and science, and sees the solid and beautiful forms of the future where there are now no solid forms.
The style of these poems, therefore, is simply their own style, new-born and red. Nature may have given the hint to the author of the "Leaves of Grass," but there exists no book or fragment of a book, which can have given the hint to them. All beauty, he says, comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain. His rhythm and uniformity he will conceal in the roots of his verses, not to be seen of themselves, but to break forth loosely as lilies on a bush, and take shapes compact as the shapes of melons, or chestnuts, or pears.
The poems of the "Leaves of Grass" are twelve in number. Walt Whitman at first proceeds to put his own body and soul into the new versification:
"I celebrate myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me, as good belongs to you."
He leaves houses and their shuttered rooms, for the open air. He drops disguise and ceremony, and walks forth with the confidence and gayety of a child. For the old decorums of writing he substitutes new decorums. The first glance out of his eyes electrifies him with love and delight. He will have the earth receive and return his affection; he will stay with it as the bride-groom stays with the bride. The cool-breathed ground, the slumbering and liquid trees, the just-gone sunset, the vitreous pour of the full moon, the tender and growing night, he salutes and touches, and they touch him. The sea supports him, and hurries him off with its powerful and crooked fingers. Dash me with amorous wet! then he says, I can repay you.
By this writer the rules of polite circles are dismissed with scorn. Your stale modesties, he says, are filthy to such a man as I.
"I believe in the flesh and the appetites,Seeing, hearing, and feeling are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.I do not press my finger across my mouth,I keep as delicate around the bowels as around the head and heart."
No sniveller, or tea-drinking poet, no puny clawback or prude, is Walt Whitman. He will bring poems fit to fill the days and nights—fit for men and women with the attributes of throbbing blood and flesh. The body, he teaches, is beautiful. Sex is also beautiful. Are you to be put down, he seems to ask, to that shallow level of literature and conversation that stops a man's recognizing the delicious pleasure of his sex, or a woman hers? Nature he proclaims inherently pure. Sex will not be put aside; it is a great ordination of the universe. He works the muscle of the male and the teeming fibre of the female throughout his writings, as wholesome realities, impure only by deliberate intention and effort. To men and women he says: You can have healthy and powerful breeds of children on no less terms than these of mine. Follow me and there shall be taller and nobler crops of humanity on the earth.
In the Leaves of Grass are the facts of eternity and immortality, largely treated. Happiness is no dream, and perfection is no dream. Amelioration is my lesson, he says with calm voice, and progress is my lesson and the lesson of all things. Then his persuasion becomes a taunt, and his love bitter and compulsory. With strong and steady call he addresses men. Come, he seems to say, from the midst of all that you have been your whole life surrounding yourself with. Leave all the preaching and teaching of others, and mind only these words of mine.
"Long enough have you dreamed contemptible dreams,Now I wash the gum from your eyes,You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your
life.Long have you timidly waded, holding a plank by the shore,Now I will you to be a bold swimmer,To jump off in the midst of the sea, and rise again and nod to me and shout, and
laughingly dash with your hair.I am the teacher of athletes,He that by me spreads a wider breast than my own proves the width of my own,He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.The boy I love, the same becomes a man not through derived power but in his own
right,Wicked, rather than virtuous out of conformity or fear,Fond of his sweetheart, relishing well his steak,Unrequited love or a slight cutting him worse than a wound cuts,First rate to ride, to fight, to hit the bull's eye, to sail a skiff, to sing a song, or play
on the banjo,Preferring scars and faces pitted with small-pox over all latherers and those that
keep out of the sun.I teach straying from me, yet who can stray from me?I follow you whoever you are from the present hour;My words itch at your ears till you understand them.I do not say these things for a dollar, or to fill up the time while I wait for a boat;It is you talking just as much as myself—I act as the tongue of you.It was tied in your mouth—in mine it begins to be loosened.I swear I will never mention love or death inside a house,And I swear I never will translate myself at all, only to him or her who privately
stays with me in the open air."
The eleven other poems have each distinct purposes, curiously veiled. Theirs is no writer to be gone through with in a day or a month. Rather it is his pleasure to elude you and provoke you for deliberate purposes of his own.
Doubtless in the scheme this man has built for himself the writing of poems is but a proportionate part of the whole. It is plain that public and private performance, politics, love, friendship, behavior, the art of conversation, science, society, the American people, the reception of the great novelties of city and country, all have their equal call upon him and receive equal attention. In politics he could enter with the freedom and reality he shows in poetry. His scope of life is the amplest of any yet in philosophy. He is the true spiritualist. He recognizes no annihilation, or death, or loss of identity. He is the largest lover and sympathizer that has appeared in literature. He loves the earth and sun, and the animals. He does not separate the learned from the unlearned, the Northerner from the Southerner, the white from the black, or the native from the immigrant just landed at the wharf. Every one, he seems to say, appears excellent to me, every employment is adorned, and every male and female glorious.
"The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections,They scorn the best I can do to relate them.I am enamored of growing out-doors,Of men that live among cattle or taste of the ocean or woods,Of the builders and steerers of ships, of the wielders of axes and mauls, of the
drivers of horses,I can eat and sleep with them, week in and week out.What is commonest and cheapest and nearest and easiest is Me,Me going in for my chances, spending for vast returns,Adorning myself to bestow myself on the first that will take me,Not asking the sky to come down to my good will.Scattering it freely for ever."
If health were not his distinguishing attribute, this poet would be the very harlot of persons. Right and left he flings his arms, drawing men and women with undeniable love to his close embrace, loving the clasp of their hands, the touch of their necks and breasts, and the sound of their voice. All else seems to burn up under his fierce affection for persons. Politics, religion, institutions, art, quickly fall aside before them. In the whole universe, he says, I see nothing more divine than human souls.
"When the psalm sings instead of singer,When the script preaches instead of the preacher,When the pulpit descends and goes instead of the carver that carved the support-
ing desk,When the sacred vessels or the bits of the eucharist, or the lath and plast, procre-
ate as effectually as the young silversmiths or bakers, or the masons in their
overalls,When a university course convinces like a slumbering woman and child convince,When the minted gold in the vault smiles like the night-watchman's daughter,When warrantee deeds loafe in chairs opposite, and are my friendly companions,I intend to reach them my hand and make as much of them as I make of men and
Who then is that insolent unknown? Who is it, praising himself as if others were not fit to do it, and coming rough and unbidden among writers to unsettle what was settled, and to revolutionize, in fact, our modern civilization? Walt Whitman was born on Long-Island, on the hills about thirty miles from the greatest American city, on the last day of May, 1819, and has grown up in Brooklyn and New-York to be thirty-six years old, to enjoy perfect health, and to understand his country and its spirit.
Interrogations more than this, and that will not be put off unanswered, spring continually through the perusal of these Leaves of Grass:
If there were to be selected, out of the incalculable volumes of printed matter in existence, any single work to stand for America and her times, should this be the work?
Must not the true American poet indeed absorb all others, and present a new and far more ample and vigorous type?
Has not the time arrived for a school of live writing and tuition consistent with the principles of these poems? consistent with the free spirit of this age, and with the American truths of politics? consistent with geology, and astronomy, and all science and human physiology? consistent with the sublimity of immortality and the directness of common-sense?
If in this poem the United States have found their poetic voice, and taken measure and form, is it any more than a beginning? Walt Whitman himself disclaims singularity in his work, and announces the coming after him of great successions of poets, and that he but lifts his finger to give the signal.
Was he not needed? Has not literature been bred in and in long enough? Has it not become unbearably artificial?
Shall a man of faith and practice in the simplicity of real things be called eccentric, while the disciple of the fictitious school writes without question?
Shall it still be the amazement of the light and dark that freshness of expression is the rarest quality of all?
You have come in good time, Walt Whitman! In opinions, in manners, in costumes, in books, in the aims and occupancy of life, in associates, in poems, conformity to all unnatural and tainted customs passes without remark, while perfect naturalness, health, faith, self-reliance, and all primal expressions of the manliest love and friendship, subject one to the stare and controversy of the world.


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5.12: Forces of Evolution
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How do a population's genes change?
Remember, without change, there cannot be evolution. Together, the forces that change a population's gene frequencies are the driving mechanisms behind evolution.
Forces of Evolution
The conditions for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium are unlikely to be met in real populations. The Hardy-Weinberg theorem also describes populations in which allele frequencies are not changing. By definition, such populations are not evolving. How does the theorem help us understand evolution in the real world?
From the theorem, we can infer factors that cause allele frequencies to change. These factors are the "forces of evolution." There are four such forces: mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, and natural selection. Natural selection will be discussed in the "Natural Selection" concept.
Mutation creates new genetic variation in a gene pool. It is how all new alleles first arise. In sexually reproducing species, the mutations that matter for evolution are those that occur in gametes. Only these mutations can be passed to offspring. For any given gene, the chance of a mutation occurring in a given gamete is very low. Thus, mutations alone do not have much effect on allele frequencies. However, mutations provide the genetic variation needed for other forces of evolution to act.
Gene Flow
Gene flow occurs when individuals move into or out of a population. If the rate of migration is high, this can have a significant effect on allele frequencies. The allele frequencies of both the population they leave and the population they enter may change.
During the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s, many American servicemen had children with Vietnamese women. Most of the servicemen returned to the United States after the war. However, they left copies of their genes behind in their offspring. In this way, they changed the allele frequencies in the Vietnamese gene pool. Was the gene pool of the American population also affected? Why or why not?
Genetic Drift
Genetic drift is a random change in allele frequencies that occurs in a small population. When a small number of parents produce just a few offspring, allele frequencies in the offspring may differ, by chance, from allele frequencies in the parents.
This is like tossing a coin. If you toss a coin just a few times, you may, by chance, get more or less than the expected 50 percent heads or tails. In a small population, you may also, by chance, get different allele frequencies than expected in the next generation. In this way, allele frequencies may drift over time.
There are two special conditions under which genetic drift occurs. They are called bottleneck effect and founder effect.
- Bottleneck effect occurs when a population suddenly gets much smaller. This might happen because of a natural disaster such as a forest fire. By chance, allele frequencies of the survivors may be different from those of the original population.
- Founder effect occurs when a few individuals start, or found, a new population. By chance, allele frequencies of the founders may be different from allele frequencies of the population they left. An example is described in the Figure below.
- There are four forces of evolution: mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, and natural selection.
- Mutation creates new genetic variation in a gene pool.
- Gene flow and genetic drift alter allele frequencies in a gene pool.
- Identify the four forces of evolution.
- Why is mutation needed for evolution to occur, even though it usually has little effect on allele frequencies?
- What is founder effect? Give an example.
- Explain why genetic drift is most likely to occur in a small population.
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But Flash did work on virtually everything until Apple decided not to support it. And I think that was for marketing and not technical reasons as they claim. Flash on iPads/iPhones means less app store sales. Apple are just a business which simply want to maximise its profitsBesides you avoid addressing the point I made and which Flash haters always avoid and that HTML does not do all that Flash does by a long way and that different browsers can display text quite differently. People also forget Flash is primarily animation software, not just a way of delivering video, which is al lFlash appears to do according to a lot of recent Flash media nonsense.I'm not a big Flash user BTW, but there's a lot of rubbish about what Flash is and how wonderful HTML5 is. Even though HTML5 isn't even here yet.You are missing the point. No-one is claiming you need Flash to make sites interesting. It is the designer who does that, not the Flash or HTML.BTW that site crashed/locked up in Chrome! Also it uses text [and everything] very minimally, plus text is all in capitals which reduces kerning and ligature issues. Looks like it was designed with the limitations in mind. I like it a lot but it's similar to some I've done myself, so I'm biased! Don't forget photographers websites are more about the imagery they present, so are can be easily done in a non-Flash environment than other more complex design or type led websites.You can do what people have done for years, have a website for computer monitors and one for small mobile devices. It is better to have a site designed for optimally for each. My new site, when I have time to finish it off, will have a version specifically for such small devices. There's nothing new about that idea.Not sure why you think, I would design a site that uses Flash so it would not work on such devices. Don't even use Flash at all at moment on my FFF website..
Of course html 5 and no flash compatibility is an Apple manouver, I'm perfectly aware of that and their repply to the video flash will not be open source I'm affraid, as many people seems to think. Apple is not an ONG.
Also, I'm quite a big fan of the system you applied in your website http://www.futtfuttfuttphotography.com/temp_site/index.html (I knew your website but didn't remember it was you), the horizontal scrolling is one of my favorite solution, at least for editorials and fashion.
n other words, the question shouldn't be Flash or HTML, but static or CMS driven. Stay static and you'll end up paying a fluffy graphics type to design a site that you can't maintain and change as easily as you think, regardless of whether it's Flash or the newer HTML / Javascript / CSS options.John
The latest beta version of SlideShowPro Director 1.5 includes the new SlideShowPro Mobile media player for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.http://slideshowpro.net/news/
APhotofolio, provides flash based sites that reformat themselves for the iPhone and for the iPad. Additionally, the sites have a mirrored html component which aids in SEO.More to your question though - Rob Haggart at aPhotofolio.com wrote a piece in APF's news section that clearly outlines the strengths of Flash and why it cannot be completely replaced by HTML5.I have no stake in APF other than being a happy customer.
Allot of great information in this thread. I started reading it so late after beginning work on my new site and I am Glad of the timing. I might have not gone with flash based on the disadvantages of flash mentioned here. After finishing my site, however, I am very happy with the results and do see the advantages of flash. One thing I did was to keep the pictures small for loading and make the loading section very interesting to watch. Yes you read that correctly the loading section is INTERESTING. I think its a new idea never done before and makes waiting go by so quickly. Check it out at my site by clicking on any gallery. www.aljabri.com
After finishing my site, however, I am very happy with the results and do see the advantages of flash. Check it out at my site by clicking on any gallery ALJABRI MEDIA PRODUCTION
In my option i would suggest to use Flash as it has various features.Specially for ipad.
And iPad doesn't do Flash.


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Curries are totally the Chewbaccas of the food photography world, let me tell you.
They're not real attractive. They don't photograph well. They have a tendency to blurt out weird noises for no good reason. They're a strange strange thing, curries.
Despite all that, this is a nice solid curry recipe, even more brilliant because it lets you build your own. Got a taste for peas? Toss them in. Hate peas but dig carrots? Hook yourself up. It's cool like that.
And damn does it make a LOT of curry. I'm going to be eating it for at least a week.
The only changes I made to the recipe were a) I had to double the cooking time (because my damn potatoes just REFUSED to cook), and b) before serving, I tossed about 1/2 of the curry into my food processor and processed it--I'm a fan of the type of curry where you kind of peer at it, wondering WTF exactly is in it, but then throw all caution to the wind and dig in. I've noted both adjustments in the recipe below.
- 1 large onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 T. olive oil
- Pick one: 1 box LightLife grounds, 1 16-oz. can beans of your choice or 1 c. texturized vegetable protein (I used 1 can of chickpeas, drained)
- Pick one: 2 c. chopped kale, spinach, or mustard greens (I used spinach)
- Pick one: 1 c. peas or chopped carrots (I used peas)
- 1 c. water or vegetable stock
- 1 28-oz can crushed tomatoes
- 2 potatoes, diced small
- 2 to 4 T curry powder (I think I used 3)
- 1 dash each of cinnamon, ginger and turmeric
- Salt, to taste
In a large pot over medium-low heat, saute the onion and garlic in oil until soft. Add your green of choice (eg, kale) and saute about 5 minutes.
Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil and then lower heat and simmer, covered, 25-35 minutes until all vegetables (especially potatoes) are soft. (My cooking time actually took about 60 minutes+. I had a hard time getting the potatoes to soften. So basically, just cook it until you've got the potatoes at the consistency you'd like.) Curry should not be too soupy. If it's too watery, remove lid and cook another 5 minutes. (Optional: toss half of your curry into a food processor--or use on of those hand-held processor thingies--and process it. Add back to the pot.)
(Recipe from The Urban Vegan)


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Wines Of South Africa
Coming of age.
The South African wine industry did not have the most impressive of beginnings. In the past two decades, South Africa's wineries have played catch-up, and done so very successfully. Vineyards have been renovated (and expanded by more than 50 per cent), best international practices adopted, and winemaking modernized.


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Over this summer, I have been focused on swimming, 3-4 times a week, almost 1 hour each time, mostly in outdoor 50m pools. Now, when fall arrives (outdoor pools closed last week in Stockholm) and work picks up, it will not be possible to swim that often.
My question is: What is the minimum of workouts per week and duration for a swimming maintenance program for the next six months?


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NEW YORK, NY, August 06, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Founder at Protax Consulting Services, Marc J Strohl CPA, has just revealed essential information that U.S. expatriates need to consider when seeking a U.S. international assignment specialist. For more information please visit Protax Consulting Services, Inc. ("Protax").
The goal of this article is to provide a comprehensive checklist of information for the individual to consider prior to filing a tax return. This article is not designed to teach you the technical competence required to perform self compliance; however it will certainly arm you with the technical knowledge to determine if your U.S. tax preparer knows all that they should know to provide you with technically competent professional services.
Income Tax Treaties:
The U.S. and various other countries have negotiated income tax treaties based upon preset international models, one being the OECD Model Tax Convention. One purpose of the tax treaties is to avoid double taxation when the tax laws of two or more countries create a double tax situation.
For the purposes of U.S. nonresident and U.S. resident aliens alike Form 8833, Treaty-Based Return position Disclosure Under Section 6114 or 7701(b) may need to be completed.
Special attention must be paid to the Exceptions from Reporting on Form 8833 found in IRC Sec 301.6114-1(c) most notably dealing with individuals: and in part include the reduction or modification of the taxation of income derived from dependent personal services, pensions, annuities, social security and other public pensions, or income derived from artists, athletes, students, trainees or teachers, income from an individual relating to treaty resourcing for the foreign tax credit, and where a Social Security Totalization Agreement or a Diplomatic or Consular Agreement reduce or modify the taxation of income derived by a taxpayer.
However regardless of the exceptions from reporting on Form 8833 under IRC Sec 301.6114-1(c), this will not affect reporting requirements on Form 1040NR U.S. Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return, page 5 Schedule OI- Other Information- L, which is not subject to such exceptions.
Further as noted below under Other General Facts to Consider, U.S. persons must always remember that buried in all OECD US negotiated treaties are Limitation on Benefit or Savings Clauses prohibiting the application of most Treaty Articles to U.S. persons.
The following income tax treaty articles related to individuals have been highlighted as relevant to possibly providing you relief:
• Article IV- Residence: will seek to determine where persons are tax resident if they are found to be tax residents of two or more countries under the domestic tax laws of those respective countries, commonly referred to as the "treaty tie-breaker rules".
• Article VI- Income from Real Property: typically, real property is real-estate, this article would cover in part rental income or losses. As below since the country of source maintains the first right of taxation, the possibility of double taxation here is probable. Most income tax treaties under Article VI will not avoid this matter, so the application of the catch-all article XXIV is required. Or use of a foreign tax credit.
• Article X- Dividends: seeks to reduce the U.S. 30 percent flat tax or lower as per specific treaty country.
• Article XI- Interest: seeks to reduce the U.S. 30 percent flat tax or lower as per specific treaty country.
• Article XIII- Gains: covering capital gains from the disposition of assets this article seeks to reduce the U.S. 30 percent flat tax or lower as per specific treaty country. In many cases there is a catch-all provision that capital gains remain taxable only in the alienator's state of residence.
• Article XIV- Independent Personal Services: seeks to address the taxation of income from self-employed persons.
• Article XV- Dependent Personal Services: seeks to address the taxation of income of employees. In many treaties if the compensation is paid and borne by a foreign employer and the employee is not physically present in the U.S. for more than 183 days, the compensation shall only be taxable in the employees' state of residence. In the case of foreign nationals here in the U.S., taxation would not be in the U.S.
• Article XVI- Artistes and Athletes: seeks to address the taxation of income from such persons.
• Article XXII- Other Income: seeks to address the taxation of all other income not addressed elsewhere.
• Article XXIV- Elimination of Double Taxation: seeks to invoke what is sometimes already incorporated in to pre-existing domestic tax law, the foreign tax credit. This article is a catch-all that prevents double taxation with respect to income not addressed above.
• Article XXVII- Exchange of Information: is an agreement in principle to allow the respective taxation authorities of all treaty countries to share information to help avoid tax evasion and to allow for the smooth application of domestic tax laws.
Other General Facts to Consider:
• A general tax presumption is that the country of income source retains the first right of taxation. However, treaties usually seek to have that income taxed in the country of residence and not the country of source to avoid a double filing compliance obligation.
• The U.S. has conveniently slipped into most income treaties, a provision to prevent U.S. citizens and Green card holders from accessing treaty benefits. That is, they file U.S. income tax returns as if the income tax treaty did not exist. This is typically referred to as a "Savings Clause" or "Limitation on Benefits Clause".
Marc J Strohl, CPA of Protax Consulting Services has written articles published by Thomson Reuters in their Practical International Tax Strategies, Journal of International Taxation and Practical Tax Strategies publications and that are referenced and used by other U.S. tax C.P.A. and Attorney consultancy firms both in and outside the U.S. – such as the Big Four – to educate their clients and other tax experts in terms of international tax situations.
In addition Strohl conducts webinars and live presentations for CCH Wolters Kluwer, Strafford Publications, the Clear Law Institute and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA), Furthered Education and Lawline. He has been quoted in the NYSSCPA's Trusted Professional, New York Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
Contact Info:
Name: Marc J Strohl CPA
Email: [email protected]
Organization: Protax Consulting Services
Address: Seven Penn Plaza Suite 416, New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 714-1805
For more information, please visit ProtaxConsulting.com
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BANGKOK — Black waves of crude oil washed up on a beach at a popular tourist island in Thailand's eastern sea despite attempts to clean up the oil up over the weekend after it leaked from a pipeline, officials said Monday.
Tourists on Samet island were warned to stay away from the once-serene beach, marred by inky globs as hundreds of workers in white jumpsuits labored to scrape the sand clean and remove oil from the water.
About 50 tons of oil spilled into the sea off Rayong province on Saturday morning from a leak in the pipeline operated by PTT Global Chemical Plc, a subsidiary of state-owned oil and gas company PTT Plc.
The leak was the fourth major oil spill in the country's history, Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said.
Streaks of crude oil about 300 meters (1,000 feet) wide marred the shore of Prao Bay on Samet Island, one of the most popular beach destinations for Thai and foreign tourists in the Gulf of Thailand, Rayong Deputy Gov. Supeepat Chongpanish said Monday.
He said authorities closed the bay as 300 workers attempted to remove the oil from the white beach and the water.
"The top priorities right now are to get rid of the oil on the sand and the seawater, and to make sure the spill doesn't spread to other shores," Supeepat said. "This is a very beautiful, white, sandy beach, so we want to make the spill go away as soon as possible."
"The black waves started rolling in since last night and by the morning the beach was all tainted with oil," said Kevin Wikul, the assistant front desk officer at a resort in Prao Bay. "We have advised our guests against going near the beach and some of them have asked for early check-outs."
The nearby area has been declared a disaster zone by provincial authorities, and those affected by the spill will receive immediate assistance.
The company said it detected a leak when crude oil from a tanker moored offshore was being transferred to the pipeline, 20 kilometers (11 miles) from a refinery in Map Ta Phut, one of the largest industrial estates in Southeast Asia.
The company said in a statement Sunday that it has flown in oil spill management experts and a plane from Singapore to remove the crude oil. Thai navy vessels also joined the cleanup efforts.
Authorities said it would take some time to assess the environmental damage.
"The spill is definitely having an impact on the environment, but we have not detected any deaths of marine animals yet at this point," provincial Gov. Wichit Chatphaisit said. "PTT will have to take responsibility for the damage this has caused."
He said pollution control department officials had expressed concern about the effects of the chemical used to clean up the spill.
PTTGC apologized for the incident and said the cleanup will likely be completed within three days.
"We acknowledge this incident has damaged our reputation and we will not let it happen again," CEO Anon Sirisaengtaksin told a news conference.
In 2009, another PTT subsidiary was involved in the Montara oil spill, one of Australia's worst oil disasters, in the Timor Sea off western Australia.


text: Pinterest is a tool to help you discover and plan things you want to do. When you find something that looks interesting, just Pin it! Pins are visual bookmarks that you organize and share the way you want. With Pinterest you can: • Plan projects—home remodels, car restorations, garden redesigns and other DIYs • Dream up your next trip—outdoor adventures, road trips with friends, family outings and exotic vacations • Collect your favorite things—illustrations, tattoo ideas, hilarious quotes, tech gadgetry and inspiring art and architecture • Save great ideas—articles to read, movies to watch, gifts to buy, fashion and beauty how-tos, food and recipes to cook, fitness tips and lifehacks • Get organized for a party—wedding decor, birthday themes, costume ideas and game day menus


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A classic equation by Ari LeVaux It's a well-worn American story: catsup meets burger. But this version is better. The stars of the show are beyond homemade, they're dirt-made, from the ground up: handmade catsup from homegrown tomatoes, served on ground beef raised by good friends. It's a story about the potential of simple pleasures carefully crafted, and how the history layered into food adds complexity and flavor, creating a terroir to rival the finest wine. It's a drama you could reenact at home with a little legwork, and if enough people did, we could put McDonalds out of business. It starts with my new quarter beef. In cattle country, the semantic dichotomy between "cow," the animal, and "beef," the food, doesn't exist. "Five hundred dollars is a lot of money for a quarter beef," said the butcher, when I went to pick it up. "There's a woman down the road who will sell you a whole beef for $1,000." "Raised on what?" I asked. "Grain," he said. He knew my beef was grass-fed, yet failed to see the value at $4 per pound, cut and wrapped. Grass-fed definitely means something to me, and this beef was more than just grass-fed, it was finished on spring grass. Slaughtered in July, several months earlier than normal, it spent its final days munching on the tender, vital shoots that filled the valley with a lime-green glow. This cow had a name (Wendell), and came from a farm that mostly sells vegetables but raises a few beefs for personal consumption, and selling to friends if there's extra. I became one such friend by chatting with them at the farmers market while buying veggies. The health benefits of grass-fed beef are widely known, and I won't repeat them here, but suffice it to say it's a different animal, literally, than grain-fed meat, and nutritionally much closer to wild game. A deer and elk hunter for years, I thought I had no use for beef, and had boasted as much to a hunter friend. "As long as I've got wild game in the freezer, I'll never reach for bovine," I said. A week later at my farmer friends' house for dinner, I ate a grilled sirloin steak that made me eat those words. Beef has a rich juiciness that sets it apart from other meats, and I wanted some in my protein portfolio. Though I have every intention of filling the freezer with wild ungulate next season, I bought a share of next year's beef. Wendell dropped peacefully with a bullet between his eyes on July 16, without having the faintest inkling what was coming. His body hung for 10 days before being cut and wrapped. Wendell is now in packages marked "rib steak," "t-bone," "tenderloin," "bottom round," and "stew meat," in addition to the sirloin that had so charmed me. There are also 65 packages of hamburger, which at first was an unexpected buzz-kill. When I butcher my deer and elk I grind very little of it, and what I do grind gets turned into summer sausage and bratwurst. Much of the tough meat that most people grind, those sinewy chunks full of tendons and cartilage, has some of the best flavor, and I'm happy to cook these off-cuts slowly, until the connective tissue melts. My mountain of burger meat left me wondering if this quarter beef was a mistake, but I'm happy to report that it wasn't. I solved my burger dilemma with a gallon of homemade catsup. Another farmer friend, for whom I do odd jobs on occasion, offered to let me harvest as many tomatoes as I wanted. I brought home about 100 pounds and proceeded to make gallons of salsa, tomato sauce and ratatouille. It wasn't until a year's worth of these needs were met that I hit on the obvious solution to my burger-meat problem.Here's my catsup recipe, modified slightly from my food preservation bible, Stocking Up (Rodale Press). For five quarts of sliced tomatoes – about 30 medium-sized fruits – slice two large onions and liquefy the tomatoes and onions together in a food processor. Simmer the mixture for about half an hour, then push it through a food sieve or food mill. Return to the pot – ideally a thick-bottomed pot to avoid hot spots and scalding – and simmer slowly, stirring often. In a different pot, simmer three cups of vinegar – I used vinegar from a jar of pickled peppers for extra complexity of flavor – with a six-inch stick of cinnamon, two teaspoons of cloves, and a head of minced garlic. After 30 minutes, kill the heat under the vinegar. When the tomato and onion mixture has almost reached the consistency of catsup, pour the vinegar mixture through a strainer to filter out the spices and into the pot. Add a tablespoon of paprika and at least a dash of cayenne pepper – more if you want your catsup spicy. The vinegar will dilute the catsup slightly; continue to simmer until it's thick. Then ladle it into clean, sterile, pint-sized canning jars. Screw on clean, sterile lids, and process for 10 minutes in a water bath. The use of cloves and cinnamon in the catsup perfectly illustrates the slow boat style of cooking I follow, in which the heavy, perishable ingredients – tomatoes, onions, garlic and vinegar in this case – are local, while only the light, nonperishable ingredients come from afar. Once upon a time, spices like these were transported via carbon-neutral sailboat, and by focusing today on recipes made with only slow boat imports, we're bringing flavors from the wide world into our local cooking responsibly and tastily. The flavor of this bright-red paste practically jumps out of the jars, and all of a sudden, my mountain of burger meat looks more like a molehill. Served plain with my catsup, the burgers tell a tale of two farms whose paths cross in my kitchen. The green grass of springtime, chewed and re-chewed and processed through four stomachs into beef that's kneaded with garlic and parsley from my kitchen garden, meets the sun-drenched fruit of summer simmered with spices from faraway places. It's simple, it's local, and it's perfect. • |
In this week's issue...
- January 25, 2024
- Bagging it
State plastic bag ban is in full effect, but enforcement varies
- January 26, 2024
- Paper chase
The Sneer is back – and no we're not talking about Billy Idol's comeback tour.
- January 11, 2024
- High and dry
New state climate report projects continued warming, declining streamflows


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In the green building business, perhaps no other type of institutional facility is harder to design than medical centers and hospitals. Because of the strict guidelines for sterilization and the management of infectious wastes, these structures tend to use much more water and energy than standard buildings of their size — and for good reason.
However, even with these restrictions, there is always room for improvement in terms of efficiency and conservations. That's why the U.S. Green Building Council has come up with its new LEED for Healthcare facilities (LEED-HC), which takes these public health factors into account. Earlier this spring, the Council named the new GroupHealth Medical Center in Puyallup, Wash., just south of Seattle, as the first-ever LEED-HC-certified building.
Designed by CollinsWoerman and built in December 2012, the 52,000-square-foot Puyallup Medical Center has been able to reduce energy costs by 29 percent over the LEED baseline through a combination of water conservation and the use of energy-efficient lighting, heating and electrical systems. The project's builder, GLY Construction, also used locally sourced, low-emitting, recycled-content materials whenever possible on the 92-acre site.
LEED-HC is unique in requiring reduced potable water use for cooling medical equipment. For example, medical sterilizers use very hot water to sanitize equipment. In order to protect the plumbing system, the hot water coming out of the sterilizer has to be tempered with cold water to bring down the temperature. This GroupHealth project used a special temperature sensor to add cold water only when it is needed, rather than running cold water all the time.
LEED consulting firm O'Brien & Co. reviewed more than 200 building materials for sustainability and low maintenance to help reduce operating costs. Points for LEED certification were also earned by minimizing impacts caused by transportation and providing a high level of indoor-air quality. Design elements also minimized the use of artificial light, which reduced electricity usage.
Under LEED-HC, the levels of oxides of nitrogen emitted by combustion hot water heaters are mandated to be less than 55 parts per million. GroupHealth Puyallup has a steam generator boiler that emits less than half of that level, providing hot water for the entire building with less pollution.
The facility design also includes a green roof that is covered in soil and native plants to help absorb stormwater discharge and provide an extra layer of insulation. The builders also added car charging stations and bike racks to emphasize fuel-efficient commuting.
During construction, the GLY team diverted most of its waste from local landfills through recycling and reuse programs, and performed a thorough life-cycle energy analysis to optimize the building's performance. Trees cleared for the site were reclaimed to create site benches, interior finishes and paneling for the central lobby.


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§11-23-12. Extensions of time for paying tax.
(a) Amount determined on return. -- The Tax Commissioner may extend the time for payment of the amount of the tax shown, or required to be shown, on any return required by this article (or any periodic installment payments), for a reasonable period not to exceed six months from the date fixed for payment thereof.
(b) Amount determined as deficiency. -- Under regulations prescribed by the Tax Commissioner, he may extend the time for the payment of the amount determined as a deficiency of the taxes imposed by this article for a period not to exceed eighteen months from the date fixed for payment of the deficiency. In exceptional cases, a further period of time not to exceed twelve months may be granted. An extension under this subsection (b) may be granted only where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Tax Commissioner that payment of a deficiency upon the date fixed for the payment thereof will result in undue hardship to the taxpayer.
(c) No extension for certain deficiencies. -- No extension shall be granted under this section for any deficiency if the deficiency is due to negligence, to intentional disregard of rules and regulations, or to fraud with intent to evade tax.


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A new Pew Internet report found that in the run-up to the 2010 midterm elections, 22 percent of online adults were "political social media users." They used social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to get involved in a campaign, share political news and information, or encourage their friends to commit to vote.
And unlike in 2008, Democrats do not have an advantage:
Overall, Democratic and Republican voters are equally likely to use social networking sites (among internet users, 58% of Democrats and 54% of Republicans do so). This is a notable change from the 2008 campaign, in which Obama voters were significantly more likely than McCain voters to use these sites, and reflects recent overall trends in social networking site adoption by older adults (who tend to lean Republican in their voting habits). Similarly, both supporters and detractors of the "Tea Party" movement each use these sites at roughly similar rates (54% of internet users who agree with the Tea Party movement and 60% of those who disagree with the group use these sites, a difference that is not statistically significant).
Aaron Smith, a senior research specialist at Pew, said in a statement:
The social networking population as a whole has grown larger and demographically more diverse in recent years, and the same is true when it comes to political activity on social networking sites. These platforms are now utilized by politically active individuals of all ages and ideologies to get news, connect with others, and offer their thoughts on the issues that are important to them.
Read more: 22% of online Americans used social networking or Twitter for politics in 2010 campaign


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Stars starting over in quest to return to playoffs
New Dallas Stars coach Lindy Ruff described the Buffalo Sabres as a ''hornet's nest'' when he took over there 16 years ago.
The general manager had been fired, and Ruff's predecessor had rejected a one-year contract offer after feuding with his star goaltender.
But, at the least, Ruff's Sabres were coming off a playoff appearance way back when in 1997. Different story here. In fact, he has inherited a team that has a franchise-record streak of five seasons without a trip to the playoffs.
That's a long time in the NHL, period. For a once-proud franchise that won a Stanley Cup in 1999, and lost in the final round a year later, it's an eternity.
''That's the toughest question I have to answer,'' Ruff said of Dallas' playoff prospects heading into the opener Oct. 3 against Florida. ''We've put some pieces in place.
''We definitely should be better.''
The Stars are essentially starting over in their quest to end the playoff drought. New general manager Jim Nill fired Glen Gulutzan after two seasons, hired Ruff and overhauled the roster.
The biggest addition was Tyler Seguin, a two-time Stanley Cup finalist and one-time champion with Boston who came over in a seven-player deal that sent steady scorer Loui Eriksson to the Bruins.
''Five years without playoffs is a long time,'' said forward Ray Whitney, 41, in his second season with the Stars. ''I think the organization has made that apparent to us with the moves they've made.''
Five things to know as the new-look Stars:
FAMILIAR FACES: A few key components remain on a revamped roster. Forward Jamie Benn is the new captain to fill a vacancy created when Brenden Morrow was traded last season. Kari Lehtonen is back, with Stephane Robidas, Trevor Daley and Alex Goligoski going into their third full season together on the blue line in front of the goalie. ''Coming into this season there have been a lot of changes,'' Benn said. ''I wanted to come in and do my part and be a leader. I'm not much of a talker, but I want to be a leader on the ice.''
RUSSIAN MENTOR: Nill gambled by drafting 18-year-old Russian Valeri Nichushkin, with the risk being the youngster would prefer to stay in his home country. Nill felt comfortable with the move because he had every indication Nichushkin would come to the U.S., and he had already acquired 39-year-old Sergei Gonchar. The Stars are counting on Gonchar on the ice - he's the active leader in points (775) and assists (558) among NHL defensemen. But he will be a vital locker room presence for his teenage countryman.
SILENT SEGUIN: The 21-year-old has apparently lived up to his vow to stay away from Twitter. Over the summer, an anti-gay post on his account - one that he said was posted by a hacker a few days after he was traded to Dallas - surfaced. It wasn't the first time he had run into trouble on the social media site, and he was called out by his Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli over needing to be a ''better pro.'' Now, he says he wants to be the face of a franchise that hasn't had one since Mike Modano left.
IT'S LEHTONEN'S NET: The former No. 2 overall pick was 66-46 in his first two full seasons with Dallas, and had his best year in 2011-12 with a 2.33 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage. The numbers weren't as good last year on a team that wasn't a great fit, but Nill has been clear that he likes the incumbent in net. ''I really like the talent we have here,'' Lehtonen said. ''There's a lot more skill and all of those things that you need.''
WILY VETS: Whitney and Gonchar are the elder statesmen in Dallas, but there are three others with at least 10 years in the league in Robidas, Shawn Horcoff and Erik Cole. Horcoff came over in a trade after spending the first 12 seasons of his career in Edmonton. ''We have a group of established veterans who know how to win,'' said the 24-year-old Benn.
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